Pasadena police seek man in silver car trying to pick up children

By Carol Christian :
September 27, 2013

At about 8:05 a.m. Friday, a 13-year-old girl told a counselor at Deep Water Junior High School, 501 Glenmore, that a man had tried to lure her into his car while she was walking to the bus stop in the 6500 block of Spencer Highway.

The girl ignored him and continued walking to the bus stop, according to a police department news release.

As the vehicle turned around and went toward the back of the complex, the girl got on the bus and went to school, where she reported the incident.

She described the vehicle as a silver four-door sedan with dark tinted windows, possibly a Honda.

The driver was a man, 50 to 60 years old who had a black beard and was wearing a black ball cap and black jacket, the release said. She also said he had a deep voice.

In the second incident, a Deer Park school district bus driver reported that she saw a silver Lincoln Town Car pull up next to a 14- or 15-year-old girl with long blonde hair carrying a pink backpack near the KFC restaurant at Spencer Highway and Red Bluff. A man was driving the Lincoln.

Police are not certain that the two incidents are related and would like the public's help in identifying the unknown teenage girl and the silver vehicle and its driver.

Anyone with information is asked to call Pasadena police at 713-477-1221 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).

All callers will remain anonymous and if any Crime Stoppers information leads to an arrest or the filing of felony charges, the tipster will be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.